Activity: Play Dough

My kids love play dough. I haven't enjoyed it in the past, but I'm not sure why. I always thought it was messy, but now I'm realizing that isn't necessarily true. We really enjoyed playing with the play dough today. We opened a new package of cutters and different scissors and roller from the dollar store.

As the kids were playing I was making letters and asking them what letter they were and what sounds made. My kids are just now starting to recognize letters and they are beginning to connect the sounds to the letters. This was a fun way to work on letter recognition. It only lasted a few minutes, but my daughter did well and she started to match letters on her place mat (Linked Place Mat*) which is also a good way to practice. 

Play dough isn't that bad for the mess factor. My kids loved it. I definitely think we will be doing more play dough!

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